Features of deep cave sediments: their influence on fossil preservation

• Published in: Estudios Geológicos
• Main Authors: Torres, T., Ortiz, J. E., Cobo, R.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas 2003
• Subjects: Taphonomy; karst sedimentology; inorganic geochemistry; organic geochemistry; temperature variation; dentine; collagen; aspartic acid; racemization; Tafonomía; sedimentologia kárstica; geoquímica inorgánica; geoquímica orgánica; variación de temperatura; dentina; colágeno; ácido aspártico; racemización; Entrada; Fósiles; Grano; permafrost
• Online Access: http://estudiosgeol.revistas.csic.es/index.php/estudiosgeol/article/view/98; https://doi.org/10.3989/egeol.03591-498

We analyse how physical and chemical deep-cave sediment features preserve the morphological and geochemical characteristics of paleontological materials. Detrital sediment chemistry and clast size are fundamental because they provide a soft, impervious and plastic environment in which fossil remains...